Originally Posted by
SalsaShark
The Marathon Touring tires (Greenguard) are an excellent commuter. I have used these for the last few years and gotten excellent treadwear as well as great puncture protection. The last set on my main commuter gave me about 5,000 miles on the rear tire, and 8000 on the front tire. In that time, I believe I had one flat on the rear from a nail. Rolling resistance on these tires is minimal, and they are a smooth riding tire as well. The touring version of the Marathon Tire is available in many sizes as well. I also run the Marathon Winter plus tires in the winter, and when I switch back to the touring tires in the spring, it feels nimble like a race bike!
I’ve only been commuting for just over a year but I expect to continue doing so at about 4-6k miles/yr. I only really started tracking my mileage in August of this year but I think I did about 3-4K miles in the last 12 months, didn’t ride much Feb-July.
I think I’d like to put new tires on about once a year. Sounds like Marathons of most flavors could make it close to that, especially fitting the winter tires from say December through March-ish.